Wendelin Van Draanen (Author ) was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA on a Wednesday, January 6, 1965 🎈. Wendelin Van Draanen is 59 years old. She is a Capricorn ♑ and was born in the Year of the Serpent 🐍.
Known for her Sammy Keyes, Shredderman, and Gecko & Sticky series of children’s books, she was the 1999 recipient of the Mystery Writers of America’s prestigious Edgar Allan Poe Award.
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| FULL NAME: | Wendelin Van Draanen |
| BIRTH DATE: | January 6, 1965 |
| BIRTHPLACE: | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| AGE: | 59 years old |
| NATIONALITY: | American |
| ETHNICITY: | Unknown |
| ZODIAC: | Capricorn |
| CHINESE ZODIAC: | Serpent |
About
Wendelin Van Draanen is a Author. Wendelin was born in the 1960s, in the middle of the Generation X generation. Generation X, also known as the "MTV Generation," are individuals born between 1965 and 1980. This generation saw the emergence of music videos, heavy metal, and hip hop. Nirvana, U2, Madonna, torn jeans, Beverly Hills 90210, and Friends also became popular. Gen Xers have also experienced significant events, including, fall of the Berlin Wall, the energy crisis, the Watergate scandal, the rise of the personal computer, and Terrorism at the Munich Olympics.
The daughter of Dutch-born scientists, she grew up in Chicago, Illinois. She later settled in California with her husband Mark Parsons and her two children. Find out who is Wendelin Van Draanen dating right now.
As a child, she was inspired by the work of Ray Bradbury, as well as by the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew young adult series. She published her first literary work, How I Survived Being a Girl, in the late 1990s.
DID YOU KNOW Before becoming a writer, she taught mathematics and computer science at the high school level.
FACT Actor Aidan Quinn appeared in the 2010, Rob Reiner -directed adaptation of Van Draanen’s 2001 novel, Flipped.
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Birthday
Currently, Wendelin Van Draanen is 59 years old. Her next birthday is away. Wendelin will celebrate her 60th birthday on a Wednesday, January 6th. She shares a birthday with everyone who was born on January 6, 1965. Below is the countdown to her upcoming birthday.
Zodiac
Wendelin Van Draanen’s zodiac sign is Capricorn. People born between December 22nd and January 19th belong to the tenth sign in the zodiac, Capricorn. Capricorns are known for being one of the hardest workers of the zodiac. They are ambitious, determined, and strong. Virgo is the most compatible sign for Capricorns.
Famous Capricorn celebrities are Jeff Bezos, Jared Leto, Bradley Cooper, Kate Middleton, Liam Hemsworth, Ellen Degeneres, Ryan Seacrest, John Legend, Zayn Malik, Nina Dobrev, Ross Lynch, Elvis Presley, Stan Lee, and Martin Luther King Jr. Capricorn ruling planet is Saturn. Astrologically, Saturn represents responsibility, discipline, and determination.
Wendelin Van Draanen was born in the Year of the Serpent. Serpent symbolizes fertility and rebirth in Chinese culture. People born in the Year of the Snake are intelligent, enigmatic, intuitive, charming, and beautiful. They can also sometimes be hedonistic, vain, malicious, overly materialistic, and duplicitous.
This year is the Year of the Dragon.
DID YOU KNOW United States life expectancy is about 78.5 years.
Wendelin Van Draanen is a 59 years old Author, born in January, in the Year of the Serpent (1965), and is a Capricorn. Her life path number is 1. Wendelin’s birthstone is Garnet, and her birth flower is Carnation.
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